stopple

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Stopple, stop′l, n. that which stops or closes the mouth of a vessel: a cork or plug.—v.t. to close with a stopple.

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Buy a Mat, a Mil—Mat, Mat or a Hassock for your pew, A stopple for your close-stool, Or a Pesock to thrust your feet in.

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The heat will cause the oil to run down between the stopple and mouth.

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"No, I did not feel any great alarm, sister," said Pierre, smiling, "since I could not but perceive that the decanter was still full to the stopple."

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Cutting off the end of the stopple even with the bark and filling the lower opening nearly full of clay, he declared the work was done.

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